Warren A. Dewees

        Warren A. Dewees, agent of the Southern Express Company, is a son of Thomas and Wilhelmina (Pennypacker) Dewees, the father a native of Pennsylvania, and the mother of Virginia. After marriage they settled in Ohio, where the father followed the bricklayer's trade. Of their family of seven sons, our subject is the fifth. He was born January 27, 1853, in Stark County, Ohio, was educated in the public schools, and while growing up learned his father's trade. In 1869, he came to Chattanooga, and worked at his trade until 1872, when he engaged as driver for the Southern Express Company, and has held all the positions in the office up to the highest, having fourteen men under his supervision. He is a Mason, a Knight Templar, a Knight of Honor, and is an excellent citizen.
  Goodspeed's "History of East Tennessee" 1887